Alberta Joy Gardner Pedigree Chart

Alberta Joy (Gardner) Brown was the only child of Helen Francis Coyle and Nathaniel Gardner. Helen and Nathaniel were both born in New York City but came from very different backgrounds. They met when they both worked for the Western Union Telegraph Company. Helen's Irish Catholic family and Nathaniel's Austrian Jewish family did not approve of their marriage but Helen and Nathaniel did not let that stop them. They married and raised a daughter in the Bronx until 1940 when they bought a little house in the country in Germantown, New York. Helen and Joy lived in Germantown. Nathaniel stayed in a little place in New York City during the week and took the train to Germantown on weekends. The country air was supposed to improve his health. He planned to retire and join his small family there full time but World War II began and he was needed as a telegrapher. Unfortunately, when he did retire he was only retired a short while when he died. Helen and Joy both remained in Germantown for the rest of their lives.


The Grandfathers of Alberta Joy (Gardner) Brown:

1. Leopold Gartner
..... 1 Leopold Gartner b: April 1860, d: 13 June 1948
..... + Florence Gartner b: October 1860, d:
........... 2 Florence Gartner b: May 1879, d: 19 February 1954
........... + Frank Samuel Weissberg b: 26 October 1878, d: 17 December 1940
................. 3 Milton Sydney Weisberg b: 27 December 1907, d: 07 October 1987
................. + Anne Bloom b: 29 January 1912
................. 3 Francis Weisberg b: 02 February 1915
........... 2 Nathaniel J. Gardner b: 21 July 1882, d: 07 December 1944
........... + Helen Frances Coyle b: 09 January 1897, d: 13 October 1965
................. 3 Alberta Joy Gardner b: 26 March 1928, d: 10 August 1992
................. + Delbert Keith Brown b: 27 July 1928, d: 24 October 2000
........... 2 Arthur Moses Gartner b: 15 June 1884, d: Unknown
........... + Frances
........... 2 Albert Gartner b: 11 December 1888, d: Unknown
........... 2 Anna Gartner b: November 1891, d: Unknown
........... + Bearman

2. Michael Coyle
..... + Mary Josephine Mullane b: 04 August 1867, d: 17 December 1927
........... 2 Helen Frances Coyle b: 09 January 1897, d: 13 October 1965
........... + Nathaniel J. Gardner b: 21 July 1882, d: 07 December 1944
................. 3 Alberta Joy Gardner b: 26 March 1928, d: 10 August 1992
................. + Delbert Keith Brown b: 27 July 1928, d: 24 October 2000
........... 2 Frank Coyle b: July 1898, d: 07 December 1899
........... 2 Marion Coyle b: 19 March 1900, d: 09 January 1991
........... + James Joseph McCall b: 28 January 1898, d: 25 March 1944
........... + William Francis Kunemund b: 22 September 1895, d: 20 February 1987
........... 2 Marguerite Christina Coyle b: 24 December 1901, d: 13 March 1980
........... + Wilfred Stewart Marshall b: Abt. 1901
........... 2 Thomas Coyle b: Abt. 1904, d: Aft. 1930
........... 2 Lillian Agnes Coyle b: 18 September 1911, d: 03 June 1987
........... 2 Kathleen Gloria Coyle b: 31 October 1916, d: 21 November 2007

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